Quality-indicators of hospitals and clinics in Switzerland:
Rate of compulsory hospitalizations
Rate of compulsory hospitalizations (Fürsorgerische Unterbringungen) - smaller rate results in more stars
The proportion of compulsory admissions in psychiatric hospitals in Switzerland varies considerably. Among the 44 clinics with an acute/primary care mandate, the range is from 0 to almost 50%. Crisis intervention services generally have fewer compulsory admissions.
About the indicator «Rate of compulsory hospitalizations (Psychiatry only)»
Ratio between the number of compulsory admitted patients and total number of patients.
The data is claimed by the ANQ (Nationaler Verein für Qualitätsentwicklung in Spitälern und Kliniken) according to the specifications of the Bundesamt für Statistik.
Strengths:
The rate of compulsory admitted patients is no quality indicator in the narrower sense. However a low rate gives a good clue for a more quiet treatment ambience.
Limits:
Clinics with a stately mandate of general psychiatry usually have a higher rate of compulsory hospitalizations. The rate is also determined by the admitting practitioners, the laws and the authorities.
Poor communication between staff and family members: the reports are not read and or not forwarded, patient care like in the middle-age: very quickly the staff threatens with hard measures, such as fixation or forced medication for the purpose of sedation; staff seems overwhelmed;
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Jun.2019, date of rating: 06.07.2019
Worst experience of my life. As a teenager I was forced into confinement by my parents and psychologist . I never understood a word because everyone would only speak French. I saw things that traumatized me. The stay made my mental state worse.
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Apr.2021, date of rating: 20.02.2024
Stents after a heart attack in a 92-year-old patient. Inadequate explanation as to whether the intervention is really necessary despite the living will. Patient died after unacceptable discharge and two re-admissions. During the dying process released again into the nursing home, absolutely inhumane. (surgeon: Dr. Nicht Bekannt)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Jul.2022, date of rating: 07.06.2023
Contrary to the Narcotics Act, narcotics were lying around unsecured on the table in the nursing room for 2 weeks, patients' private items were forcibly stolen, and private letters were opened. I am assuming that no statistics entry was made.
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Nov.2018, date of rating: 25.06.2021
Simply criminal! Forced medication despite judicial confirmation / refusal, violence! (brutally tied up in a video-monitored isolation room). Incorrect diagnosis / accounting fraud (ICD-10), refusal to visit (despite official visiting hours), refusal of med. assistance after brutal police operations etc.
transl. from german, date of rating: 19.12.2020
The data on this page was last updated on November 14, 2022.
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